A Liberal senator accused of defaming the head of a large Aboriginal land council was an evasive witness who made baseless allegations and gave "illogical and self-serving" answers, a court has been told.

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been sued by Central Land Council chief executive Lesley Turner over an allegedly defamatory media release from July 2024 that claimed there had been a failed no-confidence motion against him.

The release also accused Mr Turner of unprofessional conduct by failing to help poverty-stricken Aboriginal people who were living in tin sheds.

Council chair Matthew Palmer had earlier issued a release including the same allegedly defamatory claim, which was picked up by Senator Nampijinpa Price and reported by the News Corp-owned NT News and the ABC.

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